[jfman]

In many respects these counter-demonstrations are counter-productive. They divert police resources and it only takes finding one or two morons (they're everywhere) and suddenly you've got a full page on page 5 of the Telegraph 'both sidesing' it.

Very, very easy for nefarious forces to hold those up as an example of double standards - that crowd clearly feels it's the acceptable face of demonstrating when it clearly isn't.